PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - EISUKE BOOKA
AU  - HIROTOSHI KIKUCHI
AU  - RYOMA HANEDA
AU  - WATARU SONEDA
AU  - SANSHIRO KAWATA
AU  - TOMOHIRO MURAKAMI
AU  - TOMOHIRO MATSUMOTO
AU  - YOSHIHIRO HIRAMATSU
AU  - HIROYA TAKEUCHI
TI  - Short-term Outcomes of Robot-assisted Minimally Invasive Esophagectomy Compared With Thoracoscopic or Transthoracic Esophagectomy
AID  - 10.21873/anticanres.15254
DP  - 2021 Sep 01
TA  - Anticancer Research
PG  - 4455--4462
VI  - 41
IP  - 9
4099  - http://ar.iiarjournals.org/content/41/9/4455.short
4100  - http://ar.iiarjournals.org/content/41/9/4455.full
SO  - Anticancer Res2021 Sep 01; 41
AB  - Background/Aim: There is no study comparing open esophagectomy (OE), video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS), and robot-assisted minimally invasive esophagectomy (RAMIE) in a single institution. Patients and Methods: This study included 272 patients who underwent subtotal esophagectomy divided into three groups: OE (n=110), VATS (n=127), and RAMIE (n=35) groups. Moreover, short-term outcomes were compared. Results: Overall complications (CD≥II) were significantly less in the RAMIE than the OE and VATS groups. Recurrent laryngeal nerve paralysis (CD≥II) was significantly lower in the RAMIE than the OE group (p=0.026) and tended to be lower than that in the VATS group (p=0.059). The RAMIE group had significantly less atelectasis (CD≥I and II), pleural effusion (CD≥I and II), arrhythmia (CD≥II), and dysphagia (CD≥II), than both the OE and VATS groups. Conclusion: RAMIE reduced overall postoperative complications after esophagectomy compared with both OE and VATS.